What Retired Police Cars Sell For at Government Auctions

Real closed-sale prices for retired police vehicles: Ford Police Interceptors, Chevy Tahoe PPVs, Dodge Chargers and more, by model and by state. Every number on this page updates on its own from closed sales and live listings.

Closed sales
1,134
Middle price
$2,544
Middle half
$1,013–$4,294
States
44

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Every week, cities, counties, state police and federal agencies retire patrol vehicles and sell them at public auction. Over the past year, the UX Auctions sold archive recorded 1,134 closed sales of police vehicles on GSA Fleet and GovDeals, and the middle price was $2,544. Half of them sold between $1,013 and $4,294, and the full range ran from $1 to $21,500.

The Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Explorer) was the most common police vehicle sold, with 353 closed sales and a middle price of $3,025. The price tags below show every police model with enough sales to count, so you can compare them side by side.

Police vehicle prices by model

Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Explorer)$3,025$25$19,200353 sales · middle half $1,725–$4,350
Ford Crown Victoria$1,688$10$12,200132 sales · middle half $1,025–$2,488
Dodge Charger Pursuit$3,938$200$12,300116 sales · middle half $2,239–$5,038
Chevrolet Tahoe PPV$4,300$5$19,40099 sales · middle half $2,425–$6,077
Dodge Durango Pursuit$2,233$1$12,20043 sales · middle half $294–$6,125
Chevrolet Impala$1,335$22$5,50538 sales · middle half $657–$2,681
Ford Police Interceptor Sedan (Taurus)$2,875$525$6,70033 sales · middle half $1,975–$3,550
Chevrolet Caprice PPV$5,000$57$10,30029 sales · middle half $3,550–$6,250
Ford F-150 Police Responder$8,450$1,800$11,4005 sales · middle half $4,550–$10,000

Month by month

Across the year, the monthly middle price went from $170 in October 2025 to $2,701 in October 2026, and the chart below shows every month in between. Police vehicles come up for sale all year long, as departments rotate their fleets on their own schedules.

$0$2k$4k$6k Oct 25: middle price $170 from 2 salesOct 25Nov 25: middle price $3,550 from 3 salesNov 25Dec 25: middle price $12 from 5 salesDec 25Jan 26: middle price $5,350 from 9 salesJan 26Feb 26: middle price $320 from 11 salesFeb 26Mar 26: middle price $1,275 from 21 salesMar 26Apr 26: middle price $2,378 from 20 salesApr 26May 26: middle price $2,537 from 20 salesMay 26Jun 26: middle price $2,025 from 115 salesJun 26Jul 26: middle price $3,000 from 112 salesJul 26Aug 26: middle price $2,413 from 201 salesAug 26Sep 26: middle price $2,580 from 275 salesSep 26Oct 26: middle price $2,701 from 340 salesOct 26
Middle price of closed police vehicle sales, by month. Hover a bar for the numbers.

Where they sold

These are the states with the most closed police vehicle sales in our archive, with the middle price in each. Ohio led with 121 sales. Click a state to see what its agencies are selling right now.

  1. Ohio$3,125121 sales
  2. Washington$2,741109 sales
  3. New York$1,26394 sales
  4. Pennsylvania$2,12589 sales
  5. South Carolina$3,38387 sales
  6. Tennessee$3,15185 sales
  7. Georgia$29366 sales
  8. New Jersey$2,20043 sales
  9. California$3,01342 sales
  10. Texas$2,82541 sales

What is for sale now

Right now there are 689 live police vehicle auctions in our listings index, each with its photo, current price, location and closing time, so you can see every one and decide for yourself. You can also look up any model on the price report.

Every number in this story updates on its own as new closed sales come in. To see what is for sale right now, with photos and current prices from every government auction platform at once, search on uxsearch.app.

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